diff --git a/src/settings/rageshake.ts b/src/settings/rageshake.ts
index ea9805dfb..1ac9fba1c 100644
--- a/src/settings/rageshake.ts
+++ b/src/settings/rageshake.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ declare global {
  */
 export async function init(): Promise<void> {
   global.mx_rage_logger = new ConsoleLogger();
+
+  // configure loglevel based loggers:
   setLogExtension(logger, global.mx_rage_logger.log);
   // these are the child/prefixed loggers we want to capture from js-sdk
   // there doesn't seem to be an easy way to capture all children
@@ -474,6 +476,29 @@ export async function init(): Promise<void> {
     setLogExtension(logger.getChild(loggerName), global.mx_rage_logger.log);
   });
 
+  // intercept console logging so that we can get matrix_sdk logs:
+  // this is nasty, but no logging hooks are provided
+  [
+    "trace" as const,
+    "debug" as const,
+    "info" as const,
+    "warn" as const,
+    "error" as const,
+  ].forEach((level) => {
+    const originalMethod = window.console[level];
+    if (!originalMethod) return;
+    const prefix = `${level.toUpperCase()} matrix_sdk`;
+    window.console[level] = (...args): void => {
+      originalMethod(...args);
+      // args for calls from the matrix-sdk-crypto-wasm look like:
+      // ["DEBUG matrix_sdk_indexeddb::crypto_store: IndexedDbCryptoStore: opening main store matrix-js-sdk::matrix-sdk-crypto\n    at /home/runner/.cargo/git/checkouts/matrix-rust-sdk-1f4927f82a3d27bb/07aa6d7/crates/matrix-sdk-indexeddb/src/crypto_store/mod.rs:267"]
+      if (typeof args[0] === "string" && args[0].startsWith(prefix)) {
+        // we pass all the args on to the logger in case there are more sent in future
+        global.mx_rage_logger.log(LogLevel[level], "matrix_sdk", ...args);
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
   return tryInitStorage();
 }